Allison Crowe

“How Long” is something of a curious member of Allison Crowe’s song repertoire. It’s overwhelmingly popular with international audiences, and particularly in those countries where English is not a first language. As it’s rarely heard in concert, we have no video or still images of Allison performing the song. The pic accompanying the audio in this vid looks down a road to the sea off the coast of the Orkney Islands, Northern Scotland. It’s taken by Billie Woods, photographer, musician and friend of Allison, when the pair were graciously invited by composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the Queen’s Master of Music, and ”Max”’s partner Colin Parkinson to visit their Orcadian home: